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H. w. PLANT. LAP ROBE.

(Application led Jan. 29, 189B.)

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HENRY W. PLANT, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

LAP-ROBE.

SPECIFICATION forming* part Of Letters Patent N0. 609,365, dated August 16, 1898. Application filed January 29, 1898. Serial No. 668,482. `(No model.)

To all whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, HENRY W. PLANT, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lap-Robes; andIdo declare the following to beafull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in lap-robes, and especially to a robe designed for use on childrens sleighs or carriages and of such a construction as to enable the robe to be snugly held about the body of the child, which passes through a flap-protected aperture in the robe.

More specifically the present invention consists in the provision of a lap-robe made, preferably, of a fur of any suitable kind and having an aperture through which the body of the child passes and a blind seam provided with clasp-retainers, whereby the edges of the seam by which access is had to the bodyreceiving aperture may beheld together when the robe is in use, thus giving the appearance of a continuous unbroken robe having merely the iapped slit through which the body passes.

To these ends and to such others as the in- Vention may pertain the same consists, further, in the novel construction of robe, which is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form` a part of this application, and in which drawings- Figure l is a plan View of the rear of the robe, showing the manner of fastening the edges of the slit in the robe. Fig. 2 is a view showing one of the iiaps turned back. Fig. 3 is a central Vertical sectional view through the robe. Fig. 4 is a modification showing the robe made of two sections held together with fasteners.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the lining of the robe, and B the fur. This lining hasa slit C at any suitable distance from the ends of the robe, and on one edge of the -slitted portion is a flap D, which is provided as a protection to come up over the chest of the child as the robe is adjusted about its body are the fastening-lugs E, and on the overlapping adjacent edge of the slit are the spring-clasps, which are caught over and held on the said lugs to retain the edges of the slit together.

The fur, which forms the upper surface of the robe, extends to the edges of the slitted portion, with the exception of the portion F, which carries the spring-fasteners, this piece being left free of the fur, so that the portions carrying the fasteners may be brought closely together and fastened, in which condition the edges of the fur will be close together and give the appearance of a continuous strip of fur without any slit therein.

If preferred, the robe may be made of two sections held together with fasteners on both sides of the portion which is passed over the body of the child. Such a construction is illustrated in Fig. 4L of the drawings.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim to be new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

As an improved article of manufacture the herein-described robe for childrens carriages, the same consisting of a body portion having a central opening adapted to receive the body of the child, a flap portion adapted to protect the front of the child and a slit connecting the central opening with the edge of the robe, the lining or under face of the robe being pr-ovided at one side of the slit with aiiap adapted to overlap the slit and to be attached to the lining or under face of the robe at the opposite side of the slit, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I aihx my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY W. PLANT.

Witnesses:

WM. T. RUSSELL, DANA R. TREAT. 

